gjcl myth

Question 1

Electra is the sister of _________

Answer 1

Iphigenia and Orestes

Question 2

Which of the following DOES Odysseus encounter?

Answer 2

Scylla

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the Seven Against Thebes?

Answer 3

Nestor

Question 3

Which god or goddess invented the Lyre?

Answer 3

Hermes

Question 3

__________ is condemned in Tartarus to spin on a wheel

Answer 3

Ixion

Question 4

This pair was the basis for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

Answer 4

Pyramus/Thisbe

Question 5

What was the answer to the riddle given by the Sphinx to Oedipus?

Answer 5

Death

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the Twelve Labors of Heracles?

Answer 5

The Competition of the Suitors

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT one of Gaia’s consorts?

Answer 6

Typhon

Question 7

Romulus and Remus were born from the union of Mars and ________

Answer 7

Rhea Silvia

Question 8

Who killed Agamemnon?

Answer 8

Clytemnestra

Question 8

How many pomegranate seeds did Persephone eat?

Answer 8

Six

Question 8

Of the following, which Centaur is known for his skills in medicine?

Answer 8

Chiron

Question 9

When a god or goddess is described as Chthonic, it means that:

Answer 9

They are associated with the underworld

Question 10

Who of the following is not an Argonaut?

Answer 10

Perseus

Question 11

On which island did Theseus abandon Ariadne?

Answer 11

Naxos

Question 12

The three judges of the underworld are:

Answer 12

Minos, Rhadamanthus, Aeacus

Question 13

Which trio are the attendants of Aphrodite?

Answer 13

The Graces

Question 14

The mother of Hermes is __________

Answer 14

Maia

Question 15

Who of the following do NOT journey into the underworld?

Answer 15

Perseus

Question 16

Who of the following was NOT a consort of Zeus?

Answer 16

Rhea

Question 17

__________ refused to worship Dionysus in the Bacchae

Answer 17

Pentheus

Question 18

Tiresias is notable as a seer because he was:

Answer 18

Blind

Question 19

Orestes is harassed by the furies for what reason

Answer 19

He killed his mother

Question 20

The Trojan Horse was built by which person?

Answer 20

Epeus

Question 21

Which duo built the walls of Troy?

Answer 21

Apollo/Poseidon

Question 22

Which event is never actually depicted in the Iliad?

Answer 22

The fall of Troy

Question 23

How many Athenians were sacrificed to the Minotaur each year?

Answer 23

14

Question 24

Who is the god of medicine in the Greek pantheon?

Answer 24

Asclepius

Question 24

In Ovid's Metamorphoses, why does Venus bring Pygmalion's statue to life?

Answer 24

Because he fell in love with the statue

Question 25

What did Hera offer Paris in the Judgment of Paris?

Answer 25

to be a great king

Question 26

Odysseus pretended _______ in order to avoid fighting in the Trojan War.

Answer 26

to be insane

Question 26

Who is/are the parent(s) of Achilles?

Answer 26

Thetis & Peleus

Question 27

In what book of the Odyssey does Odysseus go to the Underworld?

Answer 27

Book VI

Question 28

What animal skin is associated with Herakles?

Answer 28

lion

Question 28

Who killed the Minotaur?

Answer 28

Theseus

Question 29

What gift does Telemachus decline from the king of Sparta in the Odyssey?

Answer 29

horses

Question 30

What bard tells the story of Ares, Aphrodite, and Hephaestus in the Odyssey?

Answer 30

Demodocus

Question 31

What does Hephaestus use to capture Ares and Aphrodite?

Answer 31

net

Question 32

Where did the stone that Kronus vomited land?

Answer 32

Delphi

Question 33

Who is not a part of the second generation of Olympian gods?

Answer 33

Hephaestus

Question 34

Who struck Zeus with an ax to cure his headache?

Answer 34

Hephaestus

Question 34

What creature did Apollo kill at Delphi?

Answer 34

Hephaestus

Question 34

______ killed Agamemnon for sacrificing ______.

Answer 34

Clytemnestra; Iphigenia

Question 35

What book of the Aeneid did Aeneas leave Carthage?

Answer 35

Book IV

Question 36

What Roman deity does Julius Caesar primary claim lineage from?

Answer 36

Venus

Question 36

Who was not invited to the wedding of Achilles’ parents?

Answer 36

Discordia

Question 36

Who does Zeus swallow to avoid the birth of a new son?

Answer 36

Hera

Question 37

The Myrmidons come from ________.

Answer 37

ants

Question 38

From the Aeneid, Dido is the queen of________.

Answer 38

Carthage

Question 39

Which Muse is associated with history?

Answer 39

Clio

Question 40

What were the followers of Bacchus called?

Answer 40

Maenads

Question 41

________ was Odysseus’ wife.

Answer 41

Penelope

Question 42

Who goes to the underworld for three months out of the year?

Answer 42

Persephone

Question 43

What city-state did Oedipus become king of?

Answer 43

Thebes

Question 44

In the Iliad, Achilles organized funeral games after _______ died.

Answer 44

Patroklos

Question 45

Who sent the bull that was the Minotaur’s father?

Answer 45

Poseidon

Question 46

What springs forth from Adonis' blood after he has been fatally wounded by a boar's tusk?

Answer 46

Anemone

Question 47

Who was the mother of Asclepius?

Answer 47

Coronis

Question 48

Who are the Giants children of?

Answer 48

Gaia

Question 49

In the Underworld, which Greek hero, having been killed by his wife, warns Odysseus against women?

Answer 49

Agamemnon

Question 50

What is another name for Achilles' son Neoptolemus?

Answer 50

Astyanax

Question 51

Euryclea, the nurse of Odysseus, recognized him by what?

Answer 51

A Scar

Question 52

The Gorgons were the daughters of ________ and Ceto

Answer 52

Phorcys

Question 52

Oceanus and _ bore the Oceanids

Answer 52

Tethys

Question 53

________ is the name of the loyal servant whom Odysseus encounters on Ithaca

Answer 53

Eumaeus

Question 54

What does Sphinx mean?

Answer 54

Strangler

Question 55

____________was the leader of the Lapiths who defeated the Centaurs at his wedding to Deidamia.

Answer 55

Pirithous